A new NYPD form will require cops to explain in greater detail why they conduct any stop — and it does away with what critics considered catch-all excuses for making stops, such as “furtive movements.”

Peter Zimroth, the federal monitor appointed after Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled in 2013 that the NYPD’s stop, question and frisk tactics violated the constitutional rights of minorities, submitted the new form in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday. ...

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